Improvement in cider-mills



N. PETERS. PHOTO LITHOGRAFHE To all whom it may concern:

Atnvr Witsen, `ojrsrntuer IEL D, 'o'HI or.

' llettcfrs ,Patent No. 97 ,743, dated Decemrer 7 1869.

y IMP/ROVEMENT 4I'N omen-MILLS.

The Schedule refrredto in these Letters Patent 4and making part of the same Beit known that I, LEVI Wnsch@ of Springfield, in the county of Olark, andA State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improved Cider-Mill; and I do hereby declare that the' following is' a full, clear,

and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation `Figure 2 is an end elevation;

Figure 3 is a top view;

"Figure 4 is an elevation of the cam-plate which operates upon the followers to expel thepomace;

Figurel 5 is a view of the. edge of said plate;

Figure (i, a perspective view of the follower;

Figure 7 a perspective view of the plunger, and lever operating it; Y r

Figure 8 is an elevation of the side ofthe case, opposedto the side shown in fig. a;V

Figure 9 is an elevation ofthe wheel containing the i pressing-chamber; and

Figure 10, an elevation of theV other side of said` wheel.

Figure l1 is a section of the same.

The saine letters in all the figures are used to indicate identical parts. p y

My invention relates to a mill for grinding fruit, in combination with apress for pressing the pomace; and consists in the peculiar construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, tobe hereinafteri fully Vde-` scribed, and particularly specified in the claims.

A is a strong frame, upon which the machine is sup- `ported. 7.

To this frame, twofparallel side pieces, B B', are secnrely'bolt-ed. i

flhe hopper Gis attached on the outside of the side B.

The-fruit placed in the hopper is ground by the -spiked wheel D, the pom-ace falling into a cham-ber 4below the'rwheeh` D is thev shaft 'of the wheel D, bearing upon its outer end the pinion E, which receives an accelerated motion from the spur-wheel F, which is driven `by the winch F1, or by a pulley or` gearing, if lother than hu- `man power isused. r i

The'shaft F2 extends through the eye of the wheel ',Ffand carriesthev thread of an endless-screw, which engages the teethof awheel, G, placed on the shaft G which passes transversely.through the machine', and has upon `its opposite end, under the hopper, a

scalloped cam-wheel, EL y A lever, I, `has its fulcrum onthe standard I', which projectsirom theside of the case, and has a notch in the end of the lower arm, whichl encloses the edge of `the cam-wheel'rH, soy that, as the latter lrevolves, it

will cause the lererjto oscillate.`

,The upperarm of the lever is' fastened to a stem rlhis wheel is constructed with chambe'red slots, l,

and chambered recesses, l', connected therewith by narrow slits, cut in the wall which separates the two sets of chambers, and will permit the juices expressed from the poruace totlow down from one chamber to another until it escapes atan cpening'at 0.

M is a'follower, having a grating. in `its side, as clearly shown in iig. (i.V

One ofthese followers is placed in cach of these chambers I, and it receives. the action of the plunger which feeds against the poniace int-o the chan1berbe` lowthe grinding-wheel.

The plunger works through antopeniug inthe case B', shown at b, and another opening is formedjin the.

case at b, through which the poxnace expelled `by the following means.; n

A cani-plate N,'placed against the side B, has a raisedl surface, as shown at n, and as the wheel passes onward from the plunger K, this projection comes in contact with the follower M, and cxpels the Vpomace through an opening iu the side-piece B', at b', placed immediately opposite to `the point n.

The poma'ce falling from the opening b will be discharged by the'trough P, at one end of the machine. The cam-'plate N is attached by stpd-pins passing Ythrough the -side B, and received in vt 1e ends of the three-armed plate Q, which is held to the side piece by set-screws, q. i

Springsq, ot India rubber,v are placed varound the stud-pins, to give elasticity in case of excessive pressure. The set-screws allow tlmpressure to beregulated as required.

i lhe operation ofthe machine will be readily per` i ceived from the foregoing description. i

The fruit, being placed in the hopper, will be ground by the wheel D, and fall into the chamber iii front of the plunger.

When lthe opening l, containlng the' follower M, is

opposite theplungcr, it w-ill be thrust forward against the pomace, compressingit between the inclined face 'ofthe cam-wheel as it revolves, and the follower, causing the juice to he expressed, and ow down through the wheel L, by means of the connected chambers, or through the spaces between the wheel and the side pieces, and be discharged at 0.

As the wheel continues to revolve, the follower will come in contact with the point n, of the cam-plate N, and be forced in the opposite direction, so as toexpel the pomace through the opening b.

What I claim as'my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the wheel D, reciprocatingplunger K, and olxambered wheel L, arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. 2.111 combination with the plunger K, areyolvingwheel L, constructed with chambers l, containing followers M, substantially as set forth.

3. The wheel L, when constructed with chambers l, and chambered recesses` l', connected by slits, to permit the expressed juice to flow through the wheel.

4. The combination of the wheel L, the followers M, and the cam-plate IN, arrangedI in relation to each other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. The combination of the plunger K, lever I, and cam-wl1eel H, 'constructedand arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The combination of the chambered wheel, the cam-plate N, springs q, plate Q, and set-screws, for regulating the relation ofthe camplate to the wheel, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

7. The combination of the spur-wheel F, pinion E, and shaft F2, bearing the threadv of an endless screwwheel G, shaft G', and cam -wheel H, for simultaneously operating the grinding.vheel, press, plunger,

and chambered wheel L, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LEVI WILSON.

`\Vitness`es:

C. J. Mormon, S. K. BOARDMAN. 

